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George Weigel

George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. His column is distributed by the Denver Catholic.

The MAD magazine caricature of U.S. Catholicism

One hesitates to begin the civil new year on a critical note, when hopes of a brighter future run high. But when reality is...

Praying for our country with John Carroll

John Carroll (1735-1815) was the first Catholic bishop, not just in, but of the United States, for during the first 18 years of his...

Christmas in a time of war

Composed in the wake of 9/11, "The Dream Isaiah Saw" quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of the peaceable kingdom...

German Catholicism: On the brink or at the cutting edge?

On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the first time. The committee’s mandate is to...

Books for Christmas 2023

Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of...

When docs play deities

With the God of the Bible having largely disappeared from public consciousness in Great Britain, the closest thing to a replacement deity is the...

A “synodal reform” of the papal conclave?

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old apostolic constitution...

In support of Jimmy Lai

As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal enforcer of the Chinese communist regime’s ever-tightening chokehold on...

The grave sin of Jew-hatred

Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode — including the fouling of...

All Saints, All Souls, and Synod-2023

By their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates all the...

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